MSFT CEO: I will "fucking kill" Google -- then he threw a chair

By Cory Doctorow at 10:32 am Saturday, Sep 3

According to a statement submitted in the ongoing legal action by MSFT over Google's hiring of a researcher called Kai-Fu Lee, CEO Steve Ballmer went ballistic when he heard the news that another engineer was leaving for Google, throwing a chair and vowing to "fucking bury" Eric Schmidt.

Prior to joining Google, I set up a meeting on or about November 11, 2004 with Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer to discuss my planned departure....At some point in the conversation Mr. Ballmer said: "Just tell me it's not Google." I told him it was Google.

At that point, Mr. Ballmer picked up a chair and threw it across the room hitting a table in his office. Mr. Ballmer then said: "Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I'm going to fucking bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to fucking kill Google." ....

Thereafter, Mr. Ballmer resumed trying to persuade me to stay....Among other things, Mr. Ballmer told me that "Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards."

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